HRS §371-12
Labor law enforcement; injunction
This section says the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations must enforce Hawaii's child labor laws, rules about employment agencies, other state labor laws, and rules about dislocated workers. It can also ask a court to stop an employer from breaking these laws, and it can investigate and do other duties the director assigns.
employers
The statute, as written — Labor law enforcement; injunction
The department of labor and industrial relations shall: (1) Enforce the child labor provisions of this chapter; (2) Enforce this chapter relative to the regulation of commercial employment agencies; (3) Enforce any other labor laws enacted by the legislature of the State; (4) Enforce the provisions of section 394B-9 regarding dislocated workers; (5) Enforce any rules or regulations of the department. The department may institute proceedings to enjoin any employer from violating this chapter or the rules or regulations of the department when any such employer is violating any such provision or is threatening to do so and the circuit courts are hereby vested with jurisdiction in the premises; (6) Conduct investigations in connection with the foregoing; and (7) Perform such additional duties as the director of labor and industrial relations shall by rule prescribe.
Sections this one refers to
§394B-9 Notice required before a workplace closes or moves
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